Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

[sweetcell]

smax, thanks for the insights.

Your question should have been, "Smax, what are the ways in which the Constitution can be amended?"

in essence, my original question was "short of a constitutional amendment, can congress pass laws to go around SC decisions?"

[vansmack]

“Every night, several times a night, Uber and Lyft drivers at Reagan National Airport simultaneously turn off their ride-share apps for a minute or two to trick the app into thinking there are no drivers available — creating a price surge. When the fare goes high enough, the drivers turn their apps back on and lock into the higher fare,” reported WJLA, the ABC-TV affiliate in Washington.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/uber-lyft-drivers-are-using-companies-algorithms-against-them-ncna1009026

[vansmack]

The Lil Nas X EP proved me right.

Any song with a # in it is top class, in particular F9mily. Enjoy.

[vansmack]

Billy Ray Cyrus just performed at the BET Awards

https://youtu.be/amhC8WYgNA4

The cycle will be complete when Lil Nas X performs at the CMA's....

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

The Ringer's The Hills retrospective, and prelude to it's return WITH MISCHA BARTON

[vansmack]

The Ringer's The Hills retrospective, and prelude to it's return WITH MISCHA BARTON

I have already added it to my record list, but the jury is out on whether or not I watch it.  But the addition of trainwreck Mischa means I probably will...

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

the jury is out on whether or not I watch it.

Don't be coy, you're going to watch it.

[vansmack]

Don't be coy, you're going to watch it.

I've never liked the Pratt's and refuse to do anything that will make them money.

But Mischa is a bad drug to me....

[vansmack]

Last night we watched the Sesame Street NPR: Tiny Desk concert.

It had all the feels, but because of the excellent placement of the 9:30 club coffee table book, my mother-in-law said "I never realized Smackie's t-shirt that says 9:30 on it was a Sesame Street shirt."

Sooo good.

[Dejecty-hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Never buy a TV for it's "Smart" features - you won't use them after a year and you can buy a $35 dongle with a faster processor anyway.   

My Sammy had all the smart features and I used them for about 8 months.  Now I use my Chromecast 95% of the time because it's faster and the signal is more reliable.

The cast feature however, is a built-in Chromecast and I think that it will last longer than smart features as it's doesn't run any apps, it just transvereses the web feed.

ok .. I assume this is meant for Sidebitch as I only know what 25% of the words mean...

I understand, but having Hulu and netflix in there is pretty nice and won't have to use the Wii for that kind of stuff.  While I'm familiar with Chromecast, I've not used it yet to be awed by it's awesomeness

Disney+ will be $12.99 monthly
consumers can access Disney+, ESPN+ and (the ad-supported version) Hulu. The deal will be available when Disney+ launches on Nov. 12.

Still never got the chromecast...using my shitty Sammy apps and somewhat happy about it

[vansmack]

Disney+ will be $12.99 monthly

Disney+ will be $7.99

Disney will offer a $12.99 bundle that also includes ESPN+ ($4.99 standalone) and Hulu with ads ($5.99 stand alone).

[vansmack]

Still never got the chromecast...using my shitty Sammy apps and somewhat happy about it

I hardly use my Chromecast any longer as well, but I still use it more than my Samsung TV apps, which are still terrible. 

The Mrs was given an AppleTV 4K at a tech conference and we use that as our primary streamer.  Kudos to Apple on that front - it's a pretty solid streamer, except  for (1) how often I need the wife's phone to add apps, (2) how many times apps I install on the streamer also show up on her phone (unbelievably stupid) and (3) the remote - great looking but not very useful if your pinpointing ff and rew spots.

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Disney+ will be $12.99 monthly

Disney+ will be $7.99

Disney will offer a $12.99 bundle that also includes ESPN+ ($4.99 standalone) and Hulu with ads ($5.99 stand alone).

The problem with all these Hulu-included packages is none of them ever allow you to pay more for the ad-free Hulu version. Give me ad-free Disney/ESPN/Hulu+ and I’ll give you $15.99 tomorrow. As will virtually 90% of the other Hulu ad-free subscribers.

Same with the recent Spotify bundle.

[Dejecty-hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Disney+ will be $12.99 monthly

Disney+ will be $7.99

Disney will offer a $12.99 bundle that also includes ESPN+ ($4.99 standalone) and Hulu with ads ($5.99 stand alone).

Had not heard that...kids have been asking for it and I was already paying for Hulu...I'm going to be obvious when I say that... ESPN adds absolutely zero to the purchase for me
Kinda thought Disney+ was going to be $10 a month, so this sounded like a deal

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

For those not in the know, ESPN+ is not ESPN. You don’t get espn, espn2, espnews or any other cable channel. It’s sporting events that use to be shown on espn.com (sometimes called ESPN3).

Soccer, out of market NHL games, CAA football and one Big XII football game per team (all against bodybag teams) are the “big” draws.